Ibrahim Bako

Ibrahim Bako (1941-31 December 1983) was a Brigadier of the Nigerian Army who took part in the coup against Preident Shehu Shagari in 1983, during which he was killed.

Biography
Ibrahim Bako was born in 1941, and in 1963 he was commissioned into the Nigerian Army as a Lieutenant. He helped in training the Zimbabwe National Army during the Rhodesian Bush War, and in 1966 he took part in the coup against Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi's government. In 1983, Muhammadu Buhari enlisted his help in his coup against Shehu Shagari's government, but Bako was killed while trying to arrest Shagari.